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Publication Lea (1868): summary

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Lea, I. 1868. New Unionidæ, Melanidæ, etc., chiefly of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences 6 [O. 12]: 249-302, pls. 29-45 (Obs. 12: 9-62). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio acutirostris Lea, 1866 = Diplodon parallelopipedon

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 270 [30], pl. 35, fig. 84.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_85930, S. America.

Unio amabilis Lea, 1865 = Pleurobema pyriforme

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 257 [17], pl. 31, fig. 72.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84573, Butler, Taylor Co., Ga.

Unio ampullaceus Lea, 1866 = Diplodon uruguayensis

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 269, pl. 35, fig. 83.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85614, S. America.

Unio apprimus Lea, 1866 = Diplodon uruguayensis

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 263, pl. 33, fig. 78.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85167, S. America.

Unio asperulus Lea, 1866 = Lens contradens

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 280, pl. 38, fig. 94.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84078, Siam.

There is 1 available nominal species attributed to this publication (55 total).

Unio beaverensis Lea, 1868 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 297 [57], pl. 44, fig. 109.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85598, Beaver Cr., Cahawba R., N.C.

Unio bisselianus Lea, 1867 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 277 [37], pl. 37, fig. 90.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85373, Bissels Pond, Charlotte, N.C.

Anodonta bridgesii Lea, 1868 = Anodontites trapesialis

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 291 [51], pl. 42, fig. 104.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_86691 (by R.I. Johnson, 1951: 81), Lake Nicaragua.

Unio clinchensis Lea, 1867 = Pleurobema oviforme

Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 278 [38], pl. 37, fig. 91.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84596, Clinch R., Tenn.

Unio cromwellii Lea, 1865 = Toxolasma paulum

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 258 [18], pl. 31, fig. 73.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85280, Kiokee Creek, near Albany, Georgia.

Unio datus Lea, 1868 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 299 [59], pl. 44, fig. 111.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85097, Beaver Cr., Catawba R., N.C.

Unio doliaris Lea, 1865 = Hamiota altilis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 88.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 260 [20], pl. 32, fig. 75.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84936, Etowah R., Georgia.

Unio dorsatus Lea, 1868 = Elliptio congaraea

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 160.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 300 [60], pl. 45, fig. 112.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84494, Catawba R., N.C.

Unio emesaensis Lea, 1865 = Potomida semirugata

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 254 [14], pl. 30, fig. 68.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85856, Emesi, L. Homs, R. Orontes, N. Syria.

Unio encarpus Lea, 1868 = Arotonaias encarpa

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 294 [54], pl. 42, fig. 105.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84386 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 154), L. Nicaragua.

Unio evitatus Lea, 1866 = Indonaia caerulea

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 279, pl. 38, fig. 92.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85191, Bengal.

Unio ferussacianus Lea, 1868 = Potomida semirugata

Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 255, footnote.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85182, Bagdad, Persia.

Unio firmus Lea, 1866 = Diplodon delodontus

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 33.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 267, pl. 34, fig. 82.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85113, S. America.

Unio gabbianus Lea, 1868 = Arotonaias gabbiana

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 295 [55], pl. 43, fig. 106.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84387 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 156), L. Nicaragua.

Unio granadensis Lea, 1868 = Micronaias granadensis

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 293 [53], pl. 42, fig. 103.
(renamed Micronaias marshalli Morrison, 1943)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84388 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 156), Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua.

Anodonta granadensis Lea, 1868 = Anodontites montezuma

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 96.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 288 [48], pl. 41, fig. 100.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_86655 (by R.I. Johnson, 1951: 83), L. Nicaragua.

Unio homsensis Lea, 1865 = Pseudunio homsensis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 249 [9], pl. 29, fig. 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_125718, Orontes R., Lake Homs, N. Syria.

Unio humerosus Lea, 1868 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 301 [61], pl. 45, fig. 113.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85414, Sugar Cr., near Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Co., N.C.

Anodonta inaequivalva Lea, 1868 = Anodontites montezuma

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95 [as ‘inæquivalva’].
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 292 [52], pl. 43, fig. 108 [as ‘inæquivalva’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_86767 (by R.I. Johnson, 1951: 83), Lake Nicaragua.

Anodonta jewettiana Lea, 1868 = Anodontites trapesialis

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 289, pl. 41, fig. 101 [as ‘jewettii’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86681, Lake Nicaragua.

Anodonta jewettii Lea, 1868 = Anodontites trapesialis

specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 289, pl. 41, fig. 101.
(error for Anodonta jewettiana Lea, 1868)
Type(s): AUTOMATIC USNM_86681, Lake Nicaragua.

Unio jewettii Lea, 1867 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 276 [36], pl. 37, fig. 89.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85374, Sink of Noonan’s Lake, Fla.

Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865 = Unio mardinensis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 251 [11], fig. 29, fig. 65.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85663, near Mardin, Asiatic Turkey.

Anodonta lenticularis Lea, 1868 = Anodontites montezuma

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 290 [50], pl. 41, fig. 102.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_86704, Lake Nicaragua.

Monocondyloea lentiformis Lea, 1866 = Monocondylaea corrientesensis

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34 [as ‘Monocondylœa lentiformis’].
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 272, pl. 36, fig. 86 [as ‘Monocondylœa’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86335, South America.

Unio locellus Lea, 1866 = Diplodon variabilis

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 264, pl. 33, fig. 79.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85189, Buenos Ayres, Argentina.

Unio lyonii Lea, 1865 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 259 [19], pl. 32, fig. 74.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85804, E. Tenn.

Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865 = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 252, pl. 30, fig. 67 [as ‘Monocondylœa mardinensis’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86354, near Mardin, R. Tigris, Syria.

Unio mardinensis Lea, 1865 = Unio mardinensis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 286.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 252 [12], pl. 30, fig. 66.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85664, R. Tigris, near Mardin, Asiatic Turkey.

Unio marginis Lea, 1865 = Toxolasma paulum

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 255 [15], pl. 31, fig. 69.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85295, Blue Springs, Georgia.

Unio newcombii Lea, 1868 = Arotonaias cyrenoides

Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 295, errata.
(error for Unio newcombianus Lea, 1856)

Unio nicaraguensis Lea, 1868 = Arotonaias gabbiana

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 95.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 296 [56], pl. 43, fig. 107.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84390 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 163), Lake Nicaragua.

Unio nubilus Lea, 1868 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 298 [58], pl. 44, fig. 110.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85417, Paw Cr., near Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Co., N.C.

Unio orphaensis Lea, 1865 = Unio mardinensis

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 285.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 250 [10], pl. 29, fig. 64.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85603, Tigris R., Pashalic of Orpha, Asiatic Turkey.

Unio paraguayensis Lea, 1866 = Diplodon delodontus

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 271, pl. 35, fig. 85.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85068, Paraguay.

Unio parcus Lea, 1866 = Diplodon charruanus

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 262, pl. 33, fig. 77.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85198, S. America.

Unio pawensis Lea, 1868 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Lea, 1868. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 20: 161.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 302 [62], pl. 45, fig. 114.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85380, Catawba R., N.C.

Monocondyloea pazii Lea, 1866 = Monocondylaea minuana

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 34 [as ‘Monocondylœa pazii’].
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 273, pl. 36, fig. 88 [as ‘Monocondylœa’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86342, South America.

Anodonta pazii Lea, 1866 = Anodontites trapezea

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 35.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 274, pl. 36, fig. 87.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_86703, So. Am.

Unio peculiaris Lea, 1866 = Diplodon wymanii

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 33.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 265, pl. 34, fig. 80.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85190, S. America.

Unio pilatus Lea, 1866 = Scabies pilata

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 281, pl. 38, fig. 95.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85195, Siam.

Unio proprius Lea, 1865 = Leaunio umbrans

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 256 [16], pl. 31, fig. 70.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85141, Lafayette, Georgia.

Unio protensus Lea, 1865 = Elliptio complanata

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 88.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 256 [16], pl. 31, fig. 71.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85994, River Eno, near Millsburg, Orange Co., N. Carolina.

Unio punctatus Lea, 1865 = Cambarunio taeniatus

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 89.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 261 [21], pl. 32, fig. 76.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84968, Tuscumbia, Alabama.

Unio rufofuscus Lea, 1865 = Diplodon gratus

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 76.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 282, pl. 39, fig. 96.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84101, [no locality available - South America].

Unio rugososulcatus Lea, 1866 = Pachynaias spheniopsis

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 33.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 266 [26], pl. 34, fig. 81.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_84392 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 127), Central America.

Unio siamensis Lea, 1866 = Lens misellus

Lea, 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18: 133.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 279 [39], pl. 38, fig. 93.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85893, Siam.

Unio tortuosus Lea, 1865 = Aculamprotula tortuosa

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 76.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 286, pl. 39, fig. 98.

Unio wrightii Lea, 1865 = Nodularia douglasiae

Lea, 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 17: 75.
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 283, pl. 39, fig. 97.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_84129, China.

Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867 = Beringiana beringiana

Lea, 1867. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 19: 81 [as ‘youconensis’].
specimen image from publication Lea, 1868. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 12]: 287 [47], pl. 40, fig. 99.
(correct name for Anodonta youconensis Lea, 1867)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86624, Upper Yukon R., Alaska.

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